Detachment Cadre

Detachment Cadre

Detachment 465 Cadre of the University of Nebraska AFROTC develop quality leaders for the Air Force through professional expert guidance, experience, the support of our peers, and the challenges our program offers to all students. We strive to promote a positive environment which develops the individual into an effective and exemplary leader prepared for the challenges of entering active duty.

Lieutenant Colonel Christopher A. Bohn is the Commander of Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) Detachment 465 and is the Professor of Aerospace Studies at the University of Nebraska Lincoln. He is responsible for the education and training of AFROTC cadets and the support of Air Force Institute of Technology graduate students attending the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Lt Col Bohn received his commission through the ROTC program at Purdue University in December 1992. Early in his career, Lt Col Bohn served as a command and control officer for the Minuteman III and B-52H weapon systems at Minot AFB ND and for 18 other aircraft types spread across Southwest Asia in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. After cross-training into developmental engineering, he served with the Air Force Research Laboratory's Information Directorate. In 2004, he joined the Air Force Institute of Technology’s faculty as a software engineering course director, later deputy department chair. In 2008 he was assigned to the AFSOC headquarters staff at Hurlburt Field FL as the Chief, Technology Planning Branch, and later as the Chief, Test & Technology Division and Chief Scientist. Prior to arriving at UNL, he served as Chief Technologist for the Air Force Center for Strategy and Technology at Maxwell AFB AL from 2011 to 2013, where he taught Air War College electives and guided student research for annual “Blue Horizons” studies directed by the Air Force Chief of Staff. He is an IEEE Certified Software Development Professional and a SPRDE Level III Certified Acquisition Professional.

Captain Zachary Eaton is the Operations Flight Commander of Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) Detachment 465 and is the Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He is responsible for supervising, evaluating, and facilitating the performance of all Detachment 465 Cadets. Additionally, he leads, trains, counsels and evaluates highly qualified men and women as prospective Air Force officers. His overall mission is to develop and commission the best Air Force leaders and citizens of character, dedicated to serving the Nation.

Captain Eaton received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Cincinnati and commissioned through the AFROTC program in 2010 as a distinguished graduate. In his previous assignment he served as the Deputy Chief of Construction Contracts, Operational Contracting Branch, Air Force Sustainment Center, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Captain Eaton is a Level II Contracting, and Level I Program Management, Certified Acquisition Professional.

Major Brian L. Riggs is the Recruiting Flight Commander of Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) Detachment 465 and is the Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He is responsible for all recruiting and admissions of cadets into the AFROTC program at Detachment 465. He is also the lead instructor for freshman and sophomore cadet curriculum. Prior to assuming his current duties, Major Riggs served as the Airborne Logistics Planner on board the E-6B Airborne Command Post, United States Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Nebraska.

Major Riggs received his Bachelor of Arts in Administration of Justice, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale and commissioned through AFROTC Detachment 205 in 1997. Major Riggs’ initial assignment was as an Aircraft Maintenance and Munitions Officer at FE Warren AFB, WY, where he served as the Munitions Accountable Systems Officer as well as Officer in Charge of Minuteman III maintenance. In 2000, Major Riggs went on to lead two F-15E aircraft maintenance flights at Seymour Johnson AFB, NC. In 2003, he was assigned to lead an F-15C/D Aircraft Maintenance Unit and then Quality Assurance Flight, Tyndall AFB, FL. In 2005, Major Riggs returned to AFROTC Detachment 205 where he served as Commandant of Cadets and Unit Admissions Officer. In 2009, he was assigned as the 52nd Maintenance Squadron Operations Officer and then became the Chief, Wings Plans and Programs, Spangdahlem AB, Germany. In 2010, Major Riggs deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, serving as an educational advisor within NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan and Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan.